Hartselle Enquirer

11/20/2025

The City of Hartselle has altered garbage routes for the week of Thanksgiving.

The City of Hartselle has altered garbage routes for the week of Thanksgiving. Routes will run normally Monday through Wednesday. Thursday’s garbage route will run on Wednesday, one day early. Please refer to the 2025 recycle calendar for recycle route changes. There will be no yard waste pick-up ...

11/20/2025

“This is a tremendous accomplishment for our entire district,” Superintendent Tracie Turrentine said. “Earning a 90 reflects the hard work happening every day in our classrooms. From students buying in and our teachers’ commitment to excellence to the support of our families and community, this success belongs to everyone in Morgan County.”

Morgan County Schools — for the first time — scored an A on the Alabama State Department of Education’s annual report card, the results of which were released last week. The districtwide score for the 2024-25 school year was 90, which is a three-point increase from last year. “This is a trem...

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11/19/2025

The district received straight As, with each of its six schools earning an A on the state report card. Superintendent Holly Sutherland said the results reflect dedication of students, teachers, staff, administrators, and families who work together every day to uphold the tradition of excellence that defines Hartselle schools.

Hartselle schools are celebrating recent academic gains following the release of the 2024–2025 Alabama State Department of Education report cards. The district received straight As, with each of its six schools earning an A on the state report card. Superintendent Holly Sutherland said the results...

11/19/2025

Morgan County restaurant ratings, Nov. 10-15. These ratings are provided to the Hartselle Enquirer by the Morgan County Health Department.

Jack's Family Restaurants, 149 U.S. Highway 31 N.W., Hartselle: 68 Jet Pep-Marathon, 1802 U.S. Highway 31 S. A, Hartselle: 84 McDonalds Highway 20, 3010 Highway 20 N.W., Decatur: 87 La Veracruzana, 2101 Gordon Terry Parkway, Decatur: 89 Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q, 2520 Danville Road...

11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

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11/19/2025

Pop up distribution day at Feeding Families of Alabama Food Pantry!! STARTS AT 12:00 NOON!
We have been blessed with an abundance of fresh fruits! We want to give this out to Families in need TODAY!
(Wednesday Nov. 19th)
Beginning at 12:00 noon, we will give out bags of fruits to the first 15 or so families in need to come by and pick up!
This will include apples, grapefruits, limes, tomatoes, mandarin oranges, and whatever other produce we have in this lot!
ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
WE WILL UPDATE HERE ON THIS POST WHEN ITS ALL GONE!
Just pull up at the back porch like you usually do on regular Pantry days. We will bring out to your car.
WE CAN NOT HOLD FOR ANYONE!
PLEASE DO NOT COME BEFORE NOON!
❤️❤️❤️ We will also add one of the pre-packed food bags that Fresh Value Grocery has been selling for us to help feed Families in need. This will help a lot of folks out right now. Each family that picks up a bag of fruit will also get one of these.

11/18/2025

Starting Jan. 1, Morgan County will reinstate the $2 tag renewal mail fee that was waived in 2020 due to COVID.

Starting Jan. 1, Morgan County will reinstate the $2 tag renewal mail fee that was waived in 2020 due to COVID. Morgan County Commission Chairman Ray Long said they wanted to have fewer people at the courthouse during COVID for health reasons. He said Morgan County License Commissioner Kate Terry ha...

11/18/2025

City officials said both regular council meetings and work sessions will be streamed on the city's YouTube channel in an effort to make local government more accessible to residents who cannot attend meetings in person.

Staff report